Persistence Pays Heaps

Let me tell you about Wayne McCarthy, a top real estate agent with Barfoot and Thompson in Auckland. Wayne worked with a couple from England for two years house hunting in Auckland during the summers. Several months into year three they bought a home online from England from another agent & company. For most, the contact would have ended then and there. However Wayne continued to stay in touch with them with a regular, five monthly “good day, how are you, need a tradesman or anything let me know” email. Yes, Even though they weren’t clients. He never mentioned in any of the emails “Do I have a house for you, told of an open house or suggested they might want an investment property. He simply sent them a can I help you email.

Five years pass Wayne gets a call from the English couple. “Wayne, we are not coming to New Zealand as often as we would have liked. Please sell the house for us.” “Of course,” Wayne replies “but what about the agent you bought your home from?” “We never heard from him again. You’ve been loyal so we’ve called you”.

Let me tell you about Wayne McCarthy, a top real estate agent with Barfoot and Thompson in Auckland. Wayne worked with a couple from England for two years house hunting in Auckland during the summers. Several months into year three they bought a home online from England from another agent & company. For most, the contact would have ended then and there. However Wayne continued to stay in touch with them with a regular, five monthly “good day, how are you, need a tradesman or anything let me know” email. Yes, Even though they weren’t clients. He never mentioned in any of the emails “Do I have a house for you, told of an open house or suggested they might want an investment property. He simply sent them a can I help you email.

Five years pass Wayne gets a call from the English couple. “Wayne, we are not coming to New Zealand as often as we would have liked. Please sell the house for us.” “Of course,” Wayne replies “but what about the agent you bought your home from?” “We never heard from him again. You’ve been loyal so we’ve called you”.

What’s the point?

Persistence – 5 years

Continued though business was lost

Relationship building – NOT BUGGING

Your System To build a similar reminder system for yourself – why not create a recurring Task in Outlook (To Do in Lotus Notes) to remind yourself to call, visit, follow up on important clients and prospects?